Paris Flood Threatens City and Subway Structures
The Seine flood endangers foundations including the Eiffel Tower and the new subway between Place de la Concorde and Passage de la Trinite. Water fills quayside cellars, trains halt, and hundreds of factories flood. Port Royal runs fourteen feet high with more rise expected. Troops and firemen aid relief. Parliament may approve 400000 dollars.
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Seine
Eiffel Tower
Place de la Concorde
Passage de la Trinite
Boulevard St. Germain
Rhone
Marne
Charenton
Billancourt
Argeriteuil
Asnieres
Sevres
Meudon
Port Royal
Texas selects candidate for governor in Democratic Prohibition faction
At a Texas meeting of the Democratic Prohibition advisory committee the faction endorsed Cone Johnson of Tyler for governor, with William Poindexter of Cleburne as the other Democratic-Prohibition candidate. Poindexter is said to be backed by Senator W. J. Bailey. Anti-Prohibition candidates are R. V. Davidson and O. B. Colquitt.
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Austin
Tex
Democratic Prohibition Advisory Committee of
Texas
Cone Johnson
Tyler
William Poindexter
Cleburne
W. J. Bailey
R. V. Davidson
O. B. Colquitt
Johnson Pugilist Held After Court Bout
Jack Johnson the pugilist faced Norman Pinder in Jefferson Market Court for the fourth round of a legal bout. Johnson is charged with assault in a saloon. The judge found him guilty and held him for trial in $1000 bail.
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New York
Jack Johnson
Norman Pinder
Jefferson Market Court
Johnson
Pinder
Police catch tramp amid nitro found on him
Pittsburg January 24 Charles O Galla gher railroad policeman chased two tramps stealing a ride. He caught one after a rough fight before being jailed. Two pint flasks of nitroglycerin were found on the prisoner.
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Pittsburg
Charles O. Galagher
Gallagher
Cherry Mine Sufferers File Lawsuits in Illinois
Twenty nine suits each valued at ten thousand dollars have been filed in superior court against the St. Paul Coal Company and the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company over the Cherry Illinois mine disaster.
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Cherry
Chicago
St. Paul Coal Company
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
The Weather in Illinois Today and Tomorrow
Illinois weather today is fair with conditions expected to stay clear. Tomorrow looks warmer with continued fair skies and rising temperatures across the state.
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Illinois
Nobleman Turns Up as Forger in Rome Case
In Rome on January 24 a Roman nobleman accused of passing 10 000 Florence bills with forged Cardinal Rampolla signatures is identified as the Duke of Campobello, Rampolla’s nephew. Once separated from Princess Altieri, he faced expulsion from clubs over gambling debts and alleged theft from a Florence religious institution amid unconfirmed reports of imminent arrest.
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Rome
Florence
Cardinal Rampolla
Duke of
Nsane
Lieut Jol Dunn Noted Sleuth of Wall Street Dies at 77
New York Jan 24 Lieutenant Jol Dunn retired after forty eight years in police service and thirty years as Wall Street detective dies at his home 249 East Seventy First Street aged seventy eight He was known as Sir Johnny and counted Jay Cooke Vanderbilt Gould Fisk Morgan Harriman and other financiers among his close friends His family learned of an arrest only from newspaper reports.
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New York
Jol Dunn
Wall Street
East Sevent First Street
Johnny
I Wall Street
Bingham
Acti Lity
Rooks
Joh Dunn
Jay Cooke
W H. Vanderbilt
Jay Gould
Jim Fisk
P. Morgan
KE. J. Harriman
H. H Rogers
T. F. Ryan
J. R. Keene
Cold wave to reach central plains by midweek
A Pacific disturbance will move to the Rockies by Tuesday morning, cross the plains and central valleys Tuesday and Wednesday, and reach the Atlantic seaboard by Thursday. Temperatures will rise with rain or snow in the south and north respectively, followed by a cold spell for the plains and central valleys by midweek and the Atlantic states by Friday.
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Washington
United States
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Plains States
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic States
Cuban Budget Spark Crisis in Cuba
Bishop Warren Chandler reporting from Santiago says Cuba faces a grave crisis as government extravagance and heavy taxation burden the people. The national budget is 33 million dollars with local deficits raising total spending to 60 million, yielding taxes over 40 dollars per person.
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Atlanta
Warren Chandler
Southern Methodist Church
Cuba
Santiago
Ball Magnates Meet Today In Pittsburgh Conference
In Pittsburg at the Fort Pitt hotel Barney Dreyfuss backs a 154 game schedule Ebbetts favors 168 games and they met behind locked doors with Thomas Lynch NL president for a two hour discussion ahead of the joint league schedule meeting.
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Pittsburg
Fort Pitt
Barney Dreyfuss
Schedue
Ebbetts
Thomas Lynch
Charge and Countercharge Roosevelts Third Term Debate
Two insiders close to Roosevelt dispute a 1912 bid for a third term while Taft confidants say Roosevelt will not run. The piece recalls the Elba remark moment and notes Roosevelt’s resistance to a nomination amid lingering anti third term sentiment.
Insurgents Clash Over UMWA Election Validity
In Indianapolis on January 24, anti Lewis faction in the United Mine Workers of America questioned the regularity of electing international officers. They charged the tellers report was railroaded though convention custom had long required a vote on its acceptance. Lewis ally claims his election was aided by unfair means in several districts.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of North America
Anti Lewis
Lewis
Sixteen-Year-Old Girl Burglar Pleads Guilty in Paterson
Mery Kato Leh, sixteen, pleads guilty to two additional burglaries in Paterson New Jersey. She cannot write or read, says both parents are dead, and wishes to be sent to the state home for girls. She displayed a large bundle of false keys concealed in her hair.
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Paterson
N. J
Mery Katoleh
Sulety
Gas Blast Kills Farmer and Daughter in Hillside
A gas explosion at a Hillside farm on January 24 killed Scott Parker and his three year old daughter. The incident occurred while acetylene gas ignited, ending the lives of the farmer and child.
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Hillside
Mich
Scott Parker
Protection for Needful Children in Detroit
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children handled 1715 child cases last year in Detroit. Among them 99 were extreme cruelty, 290 abandoned by fathers, 164 by mothers, 124 deserted by both parents. Alcohol involvement was noted with 468 cases tied to drunken fathers and 229 to drunken mothers. One child died from starvation. James F. Hill filed the annual report.
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Detroit
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
James F. Hill
The
Death sentence by court martial for Pouren in Riga case
Jan Pouren was condemned to death by a Riga court martial for murdering Dr. Katterfeld in Kur land province. He is now in New York working as an electman and previously resisted repatriation to Russia to face many alleged murders.
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St. Petersburg
Riga
Jan Pouren
Katterfeld
Kurland
Pouren
New York
Russia
New Haven Agent Wounds Lawyer in Divorce Case
Walter K. Newport, state agent for the Preferred Accident Insurance Co., shot and dangerously wounded Howard Webb, the lawyer who secured a divorce for Mrs. Newport in New Haven. The incident occurred on January 24 as authorities investigated motive and circumstances surrounding the shooting.
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New Haven
Conn
Walter K. Newport
Preferred Accident Insurance Company
Howard
Webb
Wreck Toll Rises After CP Train Disaster at Spanish River
North Bay Ont January 24 The death list from the Canadian Pacific passenger train wreck at Spanish River grows as hours pass. At least fifty killed and others die from injuries. Three cars left the track rather than one as initially reported.
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North Bay
Ont
Canadian Pacific
Spanish River
River disaster leaves dozens dead in icy plunge
A catastrophic river accident injures twenty two and floods Sudbury General Hospital with casualties. Rescue crews locate cars submerged with ventilators visible, while authorities warn the death toll may rise for weeks as victims are identified.
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Sudbury General Hospital
Drowning Near Lawson Residence On Charley River
Two youths skated on the Charley river basin near the Thomas W. Lawson residence when one fell into an open mace and drowned. Samuel Genells, seventeen, of Roxbury, was identified by police among the bodies recovered. A companion also drowned. his body remains missing as rescuers search the river.
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Boston
Jon
Charley River
Thomas W. Laweson
Charles Geic
Samuel Genells
Roxbury
Evansville Bank to Reopen After Closure
Evansville Indiana reports the Citizens National Bank, closed for several days, will reopen in a week or ten days according to authentic information.
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Evansville Bank
Evansville
Ind
Ctizen's National Bank
Two Men Killed and One Wounded in Utica Rail Crash
On the northern outskirts of Utica three foremen on barge canal work were struck by a locomotive from the Remo Watertown and Ogdensburg line. Thomas McTierman and James Doherty died. Clayton Jackson, severely injured, is dying in hospital as responders battle to stop heavy bleeding.
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Utica
N. Y
Thomas McTierman
James Doherty
Clayton Jackson
Remo
Watertown
Ogdensburg
Doherty
McTirman
Jackson
Market summary of hogs cattle and sheep prices and receipts
Chicago and nearby markets report estimated receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with price ranges for each category. Hogs show slow trade and generally five to ten cents lower. cattle and sheep also weaker with notable wage ranges and day to day variations.
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Texas
Market Prices at Washington City Storehouse
Prevailing prices show hay and straw per load at 12 to 14 dollars for hay and 4 to 5 dollars for straw. Flour sells at 1.60 to 1.70 per sack while bran and shorts run 1.35 and 1.50 per hundred respectively. Corn meal and buckwheat price 0.25 and 0.50 per sk, with cavas and other commodities listed at small varying figures.
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COED
Cavas
Bayn
Rees Cosa Dee
Eve Flws
Babcock Case Involving North American Livestock Co.
John A. Babcock files a case against North American Livestock Commission Company at the stock yards in Chicago. Details indicate a legal dispute over assets and business conduct. The filing references the USS and appears in a Chicago docket.
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North .American Livestock Commission Company
Tragic Train Fatality Claims Local Man Near Milwaukee Depot
Zimmie Schilling, about 46, was walking by the track when Rock Island No. 1 eastbound struck him near the crossing north of the Milwaukee depot. The deaf victim died instantly with witnesses including Ray Nicola, Thomas Kyle, Edward Foss. Coroner to hold inquest. funeral plans pending. He left a widowed mother and several siblings in the area.
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Ray Nicola
Thomas Kyle
Edward Foss
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